Chapter 40
Both Mare and Snow felt that Michelle made a contract with a very powerful beast, so they weren't surprised when she knocked on their rooms. But they were surprised when they saw that the small bird was white with light blue on the ends of its wings. "Master, this is the Vermilion Bird?" Mare asked with a raised brow.
"Wasn't it a red bird before?" Snow added.
Michelle was about to speak when Cold Flame beat her to it. "Master, your contracted beasts are so beautiful!" he exclaimed.
Hearing Cold Flame's exclamation, Snow and Mare asked, but they were still curious abut why he was a white bird instead of a red one, so Michelle had to answer them: "Cold Flame is one of the few Vermilion Birds in history to be born without an affiliate element, so when I made a contract with him, he gained the ice element and his appearance changed to what you see now."
When Michelle finished her explanation, Made frowned a bit. "Master, does that mean you forced your ice element on him?" she asked, clearly not liking the idea.
To that, Michelle didn't even have to answer as Cold Flame spoke up: "Sister Mare! Don't worry about that. I was the one who initiated the contract because I wanted my affiliate element to be the ice element." He chirped happily.
Mare and Snow started chatting with Cold Flame and as Michelle watched them, a though struck her, making her slap her own forehead. "I'm a stupid idiot... How could I forget that?!" she groaned.
"What did you forget, master?" Cold Flame asked in concern. "Is it something serious? Can I help you with that?" he continued asking.
Michelle smiled and patted his head. "It's serious... I forgot to go visit two 'friends' of mine." She groaned again as she remembered what she told Eleanor Hillberg; that she would come for an answer the next day. But over a week had passed since then, and she still didn't go. She didn't even know if the Hillberg siblings were still living at the same inn. But she could be sure that they didn't leave, as with how she acted, it seemed like she disregarded Thomas Hillberg and if they left, she would go after them to vent her anger.